Off the WALL's Not My Revolution, which Elizabeth Elias Huffman has been developing since 2016, is “a dreamlike play” about two women from two different historical moments dealing with the impact of forced displacement and civil war. The play weaves together a narrative of Marie Antoinette’s imprisonment during the French Revolution with the experiences of a once-wealthy Syrian art dealer, known only as “the Displaced Woman.”
Abeer, a Displaced Woman in Syria: “Mothers Build Homes and Families”
Three years ago, after losing her brother and sister to the war, Abeer was displaced from Deir Ezzor in northeast Syria to the northwest.
Abeer, 26, got married at an early age. Even though she was forced to drop out of school, her marriage did not last more than three years. After the divorce, she suffered from psychological trauma for a period of time, but thanks to the support she received from family and friends, she was able to overcome the suffering she had experienced. She returned to school and was later able to register at university.